Iran Air Flight 655

Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air passenger flight from Tehran, Iran to Dubai, United Arab Emirates that was shot down by US Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988, killing all 290 people aboard. The Airbus A300 was flying over Iranian territorial waters, in Iranian airspace, and on its usual route, and the USS Vincennes had been sent to the Strait of Hormuz after one of its helicopters had been fired upon by Iranian speedboats. The Vincennes fired several RIM-66 Standard SAM missiles at the plane, mistaking it for an Iranian Air Force F-14 plane. Iran found that Vincennes had negligently shot down the aircraft, and the USA paid $61,800,000 to the families of the victims, while refusing to apologize for the incident.